Alex Debrett was jolted from her afternoon nap by the strong and bitter smell of smoke cutting into her home. For Tom O'Brien, he couldn't shake the feeling something was wrong after he noticed a "locust plague" heading straight towards him from nearby bushland. "So we packed all our animals, everything into the car and headed over the river… because …
Five weeks before Joel Cauchi armed himself with a knife and killed six people in a Bondi shopping centre, he sent his mum a video message. A medication change Michele and Andrew Cauchi said their son went off his mental health medication at about that time with the agreement and aid of his treating doctor. Mrs Cauchi said her son's …